diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/tests/schedulers/test_slurm.py b/tests/integration-tests/tests/schedulers/test_slurm.py
index c95bfbcbdf..e8a22454ef 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/tests/schedulers/test_slurm.py
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/tests/schedulers/test_slurm.py
@@ -1539,19 +1539,31 @@ def _wait_compute_cloudinit_done(remote_command_executor, compute_node):
     assert_that(compute_cloudinit_status_output).contains("status: done")
 
 
-@retry(wait_fixed=seconds(10), stop_max_attempt_number=4)
-def _check_mpi_process(remote_command_executor, slurm_commands, num_nodes, after_completion):
-    """Submit script and check for MPI processes."""
-    # Clean up old datafiles
-    remote_command_executor.run_remote_command("rm -f /shared/check_proc.out")
-    result = slurm_commands.submit_command("ps aux | grep IMB | grep MPI >> /shared/check_proc.out", nodes=num_nodes)
+def _assert_mpi_process_completion(
+    remote_command_executor, slurm_commands, num_nodes, after_completion, check_proc_file
+):
+    result = slurm_commands.submit_command(
+        f'ps aux | grep "mpiexec.hydra.*sleep" | grep -v "grep" >> {check_proc_file}', nodes=num_nodes
+    )
     job_id = slurm_commands.assert_job_submitted(result.stdout)
     slurm_commands.wait_job_completed(job_id)
-    proc_track_result = remote_command_executor.run_remote_command("cat /shared/check_proc.out")
+    proc_track_result = remote_command_executor.run_remote_command(f"cat {check_proc_file}")
     if after_completion:
-        assert_that(proc_track_result.stdout).does_not_contain("IMB-MPI1")
+        assert_that(proc_track_result.stdout).does_not_match(".*mpiexec.hydra.*sleep")
     else:
-        assert_that(proc_track_result.stdout).contains("IMB-MPI1")
+        assert_that(proc_track_result.stdout).matches(".*mpiexec.hydra.*sleep")
+
+
+def _check_mpi_process(remote_command_executor, slurm_commands, num_nodes, after_completion):
+    """Submit script and check for MPI processes."""
+    # Clean up old datafiles
+    check_proc_file = "/shared/check_proc.out"
+
+    # Check completion status of MPI process using the shared datafile
+    remote_command_executor.run_remote_command(f"rm -f {check_proc_file}")
+    retry(wait_fixed=seconds(10), stop_max_attempt_number=4)(_assert_mpi_process_completion)(
+        remote_command_executor, slurm_commands, num_nodes, after_completion, check_proc_file
+    )
 
 
 def _test_cluster_gpu_limits(slurm_commands, partition, instance_type, max_count, gpu_per_instance, gpu_type):
diff --git a/tests/integration-tests/tests/schedulers/test_slurm/test_slurm/mpi_job.sh b/tests/integration-tests/tests/schedulers/test_slurm/test_slurm/mpi_job.sh
index 4c48e5948c..93f9d7c243 100644
--- a/tests/integration-tests/tests/schedulers/test_slurm/test_slurm/mpi_job.sh
+++ b/tests/integration-tests/tests/schedulers/test_slurm/test_slurm/mpi_job.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 #SBATCH --output=runscript.out
 
 module load intelmpi
-mpirun -n 6 IMB-MPI1 Alltoall -npmin 2
+mpirun -n 6 bash -c 'sleep 300' -npmin 2